Maj. Kelly McMillen of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department told the New York Times that firefighters found a can of white spray paint and a flashlight. He said investigators, including some from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would examine the scene.

The governor said Thursday that the situation at the church, which is about an hour southeast of Memphis, makes him furious.

I am heartbroken and furious. In Mississippi, a church was just burned to the ground. They had been trying to open services. There was graffiti on the lot which read “Bet you stay home now you hypocrites.”

A city attorney said nearly 40 worshipers weren’t practicing social distancing inside the church when a violation citation was issued.

The judge in the church’s lawsuit wrote that he feared that the church was “proceeding in an excessively reckless and cavalier manner and with insufficient respect for the enormity of the health crisis which the Covid-19 pandemic presents,” and declined to block the city’s order, according to the Times.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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